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Smeal Wins Multiyear Research Award To Study Manufacturing

In a five-year award of up to $3-to-$5 million in cumulative funding, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided initial support of $400,000 to Smeal for several studies on the performance of small manufacturing firms. The initiative, led by Professor Gerald Susman, Director of Smeal's Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change, will involve collaboration between four of the college's research centers, as well as Penn State's College of Engineering. Read more about the NIST grant at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct03/nist.html.

IBM Supports Launch Of Smeal Supply Chain Lab

An innovative computer laboratory simulating the operations of a complex supply chain - one of the first of two such labs in the nation - will open this fall at Smeal. The IBM-supported facility will provide hardware and software for students and faculty to study, simulate, and test the key relationships in end-to-end supply chains, and will also position Smeal to collaborate with IBM and conduct applied research and teaching. Learn more about the new lab at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct03/ibm.html.

Smeal Announces New BOV Members

Robert Banks, Vice Chairman of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC; Jeffrey Black, President and CEO of Teleflex Incorporated; Peter Cocoziello, President and CEO of Advance Realty Group; William "Gus" Pagonis, Head of Supply Chain and President of Sears Logistics Services; and Stephen Sheetz, Chairman of Sheetz, Inc., recently joined Smeal's Board of Visitors. Read more about these additions to the Board at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct03/members.html.

Visit Smeal's Future Home Before It's Built

With the official groundbreaking of Smeal's new 210,000-square-foot building just behind us, you can stay abreast of construction by linking to our live web cams focused on the construction site at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/building/webcams/index.html.
Then take a virtual tour of the future building. Walk down the main corridor leading from the Shortlidge Road entrance. Scan the four-story atrium. Experience the building as it will look upon completion in summer 2005. Begin your tour at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/building/flythrough/index.html.

Smeal Faculty Ranks Among Nation's Best In Research Productivity

In a new study of research productivity of faculty members at 51 leading U.S. business schools, Smeal is among the top 30 in five academic disciplines, and is one of only 15 schools in the nation to place among the top three in at least one area. Read more about the research rankings at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct03/research.html.

Smeal MBA Program Ranked 44th Globally

The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2003 "Which MBA?" guide assessing global full-time MBA programs, based on survey responses of current students and recent graduates, ranks the Smeal MBA Program 44th in the world, 28th in the United States, and 11th among public institutions. Read more about the Economist rankings at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct03/mba.html.

Memorial Fund Honors Memory Of Late Faculty Member

Smeal has established a memorial fund in memory of Anthony Verstraete, a Smeal faculty member who died suddenly in July at the age of 60. A member of the faculty since 1980, Verstraete taught information technology to more than 10,000 students during his career. Learn more about the fund, which will be used to enhance student programs, and how to contribute at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct03/memorial.html.

Smeal Alumni Society Calls For Award Nominations

This year, the Smeal Alumni Society will confer awards for Alumni Service, Alumni Diversity, Corporate Diversity, Student Diversity, and MBA Distinguished Achievement. Help Smeal identify alumni who've made worthy contributions to their communities, the college, and Penn State by completing the on-line nomination form at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/nominate.html. Nominations must be received by Dec. 15, 2003.

Media Round-Up

Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world's news media. In October, faculty members appeared in media outlets such as Entrepreneur, Fortune, NYSE, and the Detroit News. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html to see a summary of these stories.

Programs and Events

Penn State Executive Programs is currently accepting reservations for its upcoming programs. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/date.html for more information or click the link below for some of the specific programs being offered this fall.

November 17-21	Managing Effective Supply Chains: Tools for Supply Chain Success http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mesc2.html
November 30-December 5	Management Program for Natural Resource Managers http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/nrmp.html
December 7-11	The Emerging Enterprise Technology Strategist: Leveraging IT for Organizational Success http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/eets.html

Class Notes

For information on your classmates and other Smeal alumni, visit Class Notes at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/classnotes.html. You can receive regular updates on events by completing the "Alumni Information Form" found online at http://java.smeal.psu.edu/jsp/alumni/info.jsp.

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